Sex Work 101 - Talk by Anarchist Sex Worker in Ireland - Audio

This is the audio of a talk – Sex Work 101 - given by a member of the Workers Solidarity Movement after a WSM Dublin branch meeting in April 2017.

Talk begins – 0:50

Q&A – 15:00

A new Sexual Offences Bill was passed in the Republic of Ireland under the radar in spring 2017. First published in 2015, a seemingly unlikely alliance between liberals and religious conservatives under the 'Turn Off the Red Light' banner pushed for the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services, also known as the 'Swedish Model', despite being practically unanimously opposed by actual sex workers.

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